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December 13 2017

Rosemère, a municipal ally in the fight against violence toward women

December 13 2017

Within the framework of Québec efforts to
raise awareness to the issue of violence against women, at its regular public
meeting of December 11, 2017, the Rosemère Municipal Council adopted a
resolution proclaiming “that, on Rosemère territory, there is zero tolerance
for violence against women and that Rosemère is a municipality allied in the
fight against violence toward women.”

“The Municipal
Council believes that, as a local government, it must support efforts to
communicate with and raise awareness among Rosemerites of violence against
women. Given that this is a major societal issue and that approximately 70% of
conjugal violence in Canada goes unreported, we must do our share disseminate
information and generate awareness of this issue. It is our hope that, in its own small way,
this resolution will help counter this evil and invite other Québec
municipalities to join the movement,” stated Rosemère mayor Eric Westram.

One of the first municipalities to adopt a
resolution of this type, Rosemère’s initiative comes in the first 12 days of
actions to eradicate violence against women. The UN declared November 25 as the
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. These 12 days
wrapped up on December 6 with the National Day of Remembrance and Action on
Violence Against Women, commemorating the 1989 murder of 14 young women at
Montréal’s École Polytechnique.